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The European Parlament asks fashion retailers to control what goes on at their factories.

TheEuropean Parlament asks fashion brands to investigatetheir supply chains and has invited them to collaboratewith the European Commissionto develops quality standards that certifies that noworkers rights are violatedin production processes. They also want to develop a code of conduct for European companies operating abroad, specifying their legal obligations and regulations regarding human rights, labor and the environment.

International Politics The European Parliament is talking to the government of Bangladesh, asking them to improve working conditions in their factories and to fight corruption in the supply chain. Workers KilledThese requests were made in a motion in which the parlament laments the death of 112 people in a fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh in November, adding to the deaths of 289 people in other plant in Pakistan. More than 5000 textile factories In Bangladesh alone there are more than 5,000 textile factories, employing about 3.5 million people. At present, the EU is the largest market for Bangladesh’s textile industry, which has become the second largest global supplier of this sector after China. 75% of Bangladesh’s exports are textiles.